Plastics Unwrapped

Feb 20 2024 17 ep. 28 mins 32
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Plastics Unwrapped is a podcast series supported by Dow, on the hunt for solutions to some of the biggest questions facing the plastics industry.​ ​ Join host and journalist Maithreyi Seetharaman on her quest for thought-provoking ideas on how to make plastics truly circular. This is a space where the world's leading thinkers and doers from the worlds of technology, policy-making, civil society, academia and business have honest and difficult conversations about the future of sustainability and plastics.

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Turning the Tide in Asia-Pacific

Feb 20 2024 37 mins  
The Asia Pacific region tends to dominate the rankings and headlines in coverage surrounding global plastic waste. But the pace of innovation and change in plastics production, consumption and waste in the region has been faster than you think, led by China. This episode explores new policies being introduced and what can lead to solution scaling, with Junice Yeo, Executive Directo

Science and Entrepreneurship

Feb 13 2024 38 mins  
In this episode, entrepreneurs David Roubach and Felix Bobbink share their sustainability innovations within the plastics industry and how they are revolutionizing plastics at both consumer and industrial levels. Dow Global Business Development Director Christophe Marché highlights the need for large businesses to pivot and become disruptive, and University of California, Berkeley

Recycling and Beyond Part 2

Feb 06 2024 25 mins  
Mechanical recycling has existed for decades, but capacity isn’t keeping up with demand. In part two of our recycling and beyond conversation, Dow Global Sustainability Director Haley Lowry and Neste Vice President of Value Chain Development Jeroen Verhoeven discuss alternative innovations the industry is focusing on to fill gaps for recycled plastic requirements and carbon emiss

Recycling and Beyond Part 1

Jan 30 2024 30 mins  
Recycling and Beyond Part 1 explores the challenges of waste management in countries on the frontline of dealing with plastic waste. With insights from Zoë Lenkiewicz, Waste Management and Sustainable Development Specialist at the United Nations Environment Program, and Chege Ngugi, Regional Director in Africa of ChildFund International, this episode takes a look at the impact, ch

Design Thinking Plastics Part 2

Jan 23 2024 26 mins  
Design Thinking Plastics Part 2 continues our deep dive into how design can redefine the sustainability of plastics. In this episode, we discover how businesses and designers are putting design thinking to action with Rosalie McMillan, Co-founder of Smile Plastics, and Daniella Souza Miranda, Global Marketing Director at Dow.

Design Thinking Plastics Part 1

Jan 16 2024 25 mins  
What does design thinking plastics for a future of sustainability mean? In Design Thinking Plastics Part 1, Tony Chambers, Founder of TC & Friends and former editor-in-chief of Wallpaper, delves into how design thinking reimagines the role of plastics in our lives, helps drive solutions for its end of life and its future in a circular world.

Decarbonization and circularity – why they must go hand-in-hand

Feb 13 2023 29 mins  
In this episode, Dow’s Marc van den Biggelaar is joined by Oliver Borek, Chief Commercial Officer of Mura, and Virginia Janssens, Managing Director of Plastics Europe, to discuss the importance of decarbonization and circularity working together to help the EU meet its ambitious climate goals.

Is plastic the new coal?

Oct 26 2022 37 mins  
In this episode, Dow’s Carolina Gregorio is joined by David Carroll of Plastics Europe and David Croft of Reckitt to discuss the criticism of plastics in the mainstream media and consider the pressure this is putting on the industry. Together, they dive into last year’s COP26 climate conference, exploring the main hurdles we face in decarbonization and some of the work being do

Working with Africa’s Informal Waste Sector

May 25 2022 34 mins  
In this episode hear about the progressive partnerships taking place across the African continent to transform the way plastic waste is collected through new business models for sustainable development. Dow’s Africa Sustainability and Advocacy Manager, Adwoa Coleman, is joined by two trailblazing CEOs - Vivien Luk, Executive Director of non-profit organization WORK, and Cordie Az

Tackling the Plastic Waste Challenge Through Design

May 10 2022 31 mins  
In this episode, Dow’s Julie Zaniewski, North America Sustainability Director for Packaging and Specialty Plastics, is joined by Jay Fitzgerald from the US Department of Energy, and Kathleen Liang from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Together, they look at the challenges of innovating, encouraging investment, and working in partnership to scale solutio